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Anyway, the fact the headphones are working means the audio chip and the software that runs it seem to be working, so I suspect the problem is with the laptop's speakers or the amp that drives them - which is a little beyond my ability to troubleshoot.

I was under the impression that the speakers and headphones on a laptop would be drive off the same audio output, and plugging the headphones in acts as a "kill" switch for the speakers - you can see this behaviour on a lot of consumer electronics too. Hence why I thought the sound output from the computer is working, and the problem is with the speakers or amp.

At school and on this PC there's a separate volume bar but there are also bars for other plugs, like the ones on the front and boxes within, it was included with the software I have

but I wonder if OP has tried to reinstall his soundcard yet, I used to have trouble with sounds that all of a sudden my sound started echoing for no particular reason, I would take these things into consideration first before going to a repairshop

The audio bar is turned all the way up, and it still won't play. A few days ago after plugging my headphones in and out repeatedly, I got the audio to play for a while though.

Considering that I've only used the volume control to mess with audio before, and that I've played audio without my headphones before makes me doubt that I unchecked an option on something I've never messed with.

And as for the soundcard.... That would be something I'd have to let my dad deal with. It wouldn't be a good idea for me to since I know little about it and I might screw something else up in the process.

The audio bar is turned all the way up, and it still won't play. A few days ago after plugging my headphones in and out repeatedly, I got the audio to play for a while though.

Considering that I've only used the volume control to mess with audio before, and that I've played audio without my headphones before makes me doubt that I unchecked an option on something I've never messed with.

And as for the soundcard.... That would be something I'd have to let my dad deal with. It wouldn't be a good idea for me to since I know little about it and I might screw something else up in the process.

Let us know if it worked, reinstalling your soundcard can be easy but it depends of course
mine I just had to put the disc in from which the setup started and I could simply reinstall it

The driver on my PC's sound card reacts when you plug in to various jacks (since it has enough for 5.1 surround sound), so I wouldn't be surprised if yours glitched into permanently thinking that the main speakers aren't in use.

Reinstalling the driver as suggested should do. When you said you got the audio to "play for a while", what caused it to stop working again? If it makes some weird dying sounds (erratic signal, weakening, static, etc.) then we can conclude it's a hardware problem.